AMD Reduces Their Product Offerings

Posted by John Goulden Categories: Corporate News, PC / Laptop

In an effort to simplify their product lineup, and simultaneously bolster the sales of their FX series processors, AMD will spend the next few months reducing their product lineup.  On the chopping block are all processors with 1MB L2 cache, with the exception of their FX models.  This product subset includes the Athlon 64 X2 4000+, 4400+ and 4800+ processors.

This will allow AMD to re-focus 1MB L2 parts back into their flagship FX line of processors. If you sit down and really look at the benchmarks, 1MB L2 cache parts basically come in equal to a comparable parts with 512KB L2 cache but with a 200MHz core frequency bump.

If you’ve been hankering for an AMD processor with copious amounts of L2 cache, and don’t feel the desire to sell body parts to raise money for an Athlon 64 FX, then now is the time to act.  It’s unlikely the aforementioned processors will stay in the channel for too long before being snapped up.

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